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Stainless steels are case-hardened with nitrogen instead of carbon to improve their resistance to pitting, wear, and cavitation. The new heat treatment is industrially available and has gained numerous applications.
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Translated from Metallovedenie i Termicheskaya Obrabotka Metallov, No. 12, pp. 29–32, December, 2007.
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Berns, H. Advantages in solution nitriding of stainless steels. Met Sci Heat Treat 49, 578–580 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11041-007-0107-5
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11041-007-0107-5